Title 14, Title 14

If the defendant claims all or any part of the lands under such grant and traverses the breaches, the cause shall be tried by jury, and if the issue is found in favor of the State, judgment shall be rendered that the State be reseized of said estate and for costs; but if the issu…

If the only alleged breach of condition is that the defendant holds more land than he has a right to hold under the grant, and it is so found by the jury or the defendant's admission, the court shall assign to him by metes and bounds so much of the land held by him as is equal in…

Such part shall be located by persons appointed by the court at the expense of the defendant and a plan thereof returned to the court. If confirmed by the court, it shall order an attested copy of the location and plan to be filed in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Fo…

In all other cases where an inquest is necessary, the Attorney General, without order of the Legislature, may file an information in said court describing the estate claimed and stating the title asserted thereto by the State. Notice shall be given as before mentioned if there is…

If no person appears and answers to the information, or if a verdict is found that the State has good title to such estate, judgment shall be rendered that the State be seized thereof and recover costs, but if the verdict is in favor of the defendant, he shall recover his costs t…

The Attorney General may file an information for recovering seizin by the State for any real estate supposed to have escheated to the State for want of legal heirs. The court shall order such notice thereon as it judges proper.

In such case, the defendant shall not avail himself of the title of an alien, or of a subject of another nation or sovereign, or of any other person, unless he shows that he is his tenant or agent.

If on trial the defendant proves that he is such tenant or agent, or the legal owner of such estate, he shall recover his costs to be paid as aforesaid.

If it is found that the defendant was not the legal owner of such estate nor had any right as tenant or agent when the process was commenced against him, but afterward acquired a good title, or became tenant or agent, the Attorney General shall cease further to prosecute the acti…

When judgment on information is rendered that the State be reseized or seized of any lands, the State shall be deemed in law to be so seized, and any judgment so rendered shall conclude all privies and parties and those claiming under them, so long as it remains in force, subject…

If a person appears and proves himself to have a legal title to such estate and recovers it against the State or its grantee or tenant, the estate shall be liable for all expenses of improvements thereon over and above the rents and profits thereof, although the tenant and those …

For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of such improvements, the Attorney General or the tenant or grantee of the estate may file a complaint in the Superior Court for recovering the same. Proceedings shall be had thereon as in other civil actions to ascertain and adjust the …

The sheriff, by virtue of such execution, shall sell at public auction so much of said land as is sufficient to satisfy the execution and charges unless otherwise paid.